Asymmetric growth of the Pyrenees revealed through measurement and modeling of orogenic fluxes

American Journal of Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 369-406

  Sinclair, Hugh D ^a   Gibson, M ^a   Naylor, M ^a   Morris, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; OROGENIC BELT; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 28844505101     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.305.5.369     Document Type: Review

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